Remember When Every Rapper Had His Own Energy Drink?

These days practically every rapper has his own line of headphones. Some become billionaires off of them, but the majority are likely to flounder, the same way the dozens of rapper clothing lines died on the vine.

But a funniest entrepreneurial rapper fad had to be energy drinks. We're reminded of this phenomenon because, earlier this month, the Beastie Boys won a $1.7 million lawsuit against Monster for using their music to promote an event without the group's permission. This may be the final nail in the coffin for the relationship between hip-hop and energy drinks.

The Beastie Boys never had their own energy drink (unless you count Brass Monkey), but just about every other rapper did, about a decade ago. Here's our look back at them.

Rapper: NellyEnergy Drink: Pimp Juice

Among the first rapper to jump on this bandwagon was Nelly, with his Pimp Juice. Named for his eponymous single, the drink stirred controversy among women's and African-American groups, because it used the word "pimp" in the name.

Not helping matters was the horrifying commercial, that used killing a dog and punching a woman in the face to sell the product.

Even after being murdered in 2004, hyphy icon Mac Dre still managed to release two energy drink after his passing.

Thizz Juice and Fell'n Myself were regional energy drinks weren't well known outside of the Bay Area, where Dre was from.

True story: Also around this time in the region were Hyphy Juice, and even an energy drink named in honor of 2Pac.

Kanye West Enjoying His Guru

GURU Energy

Rapper: Kanye WestEnergy Drink: Guru Energy

Right around the time South Park pegged him as "a gay fish," Kanye West decided to enter the energy game with Guru.

I worked at a music store the day Guru went on sale - four scantily clad women in Guru hats and backpacks passed out free cans of the drink. Their talking points: It was "all natural organic" and an "aphrodisiac." I like to imagine Kanye wrote that ad copy himself.

Rapper: 50 CentEnergy Drink: SK Street King Energy Shot

Perhaps the king of the hip-hop beverage crossover is 50 Cent.

After making a fortune off of Vitamin Water, 50 entered the energy game relatively late with SK Street King Energy Shots, most memorable for its commercial with him and Joan Rivers.

Rapper: Biz MarkieEnergy Drink: Zevia

Not all of these energy drinks were failures. Take Zevia, courtesy of Biz Markie, who used the sugar free soda as part of a special diet, losing 140 pounds.